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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
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There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.
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When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.
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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.
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It's still the best game in town because you don't have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.
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You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.
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Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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